In an exclusive interview, a special agent from Mozambique's elite and deadly Special Forces Rapid Intervention Unit explains how extrajudicial murders work in Mozambique – and why he participates. By @VERDADE and SAVANA.
Extrajudicial, unexplained killings have been a feature of Mozambican political life in the post-civil war period. We know about the victims – the journalists, the opposition politicians, the activists – but we know very little about the men who actually pull the trigger. In an extraordinary interview, one member of the Mozambican police's Special Forces Rapid Intervention Unit speaks to @Verdade and Savana, two of the country's foremost independent publications. He explains how he became a state-sponsored hitman, and why he can't stop. For his own safety, his identity has been kept anonymous.
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